DIPLAZONTINAE Viereck, 1918
(diplazontine ichneumon wasps)

Interactions where DIPLAZONTINAE is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is parasitoid of (mostly aphidivorous) larva Major SYRPHIDAE hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly Diptera A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Diplazontinae/Diplazontinaediplazontine ichneumon waspslarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly(mostly aphidivorous) larvaMajor

DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British faunaSystematic Entomology 7: 311-320.
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beirne, B.P. 1941 British species of Diplazonini (Bassini auctt.) with a study of the genital and post genital abdominal sclerites in the male (Hym.: Ichneum) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 91 Part 13: 661-712.
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E. 1982 A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna Systematic Entomology 7: 311-320.
Klopfstein, S. 2014 Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zootaxa Vol 3801 (1): 1-143.
Townes, H.K. 1971 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 Vol 17

DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps):

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